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Over the last week or so, we have been asking patients visiting goPhysio to complete a feedback questionnaire. We received feedback from 111 patients across our different services. We asked about their overall experience, the care they received, the results they had achieved, how easy it was to access our services and whether they would
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Should You Stretch a Pulled Muscle? If you have pulled a muscle, your first instinct may be to stretch it out. However, stretching a newly strained muscle too firmly or too soon can aggravate the injured tissue. The short answer is: do not force a painful muscle strain into a stretch immediately after the injury.
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We were incredibly proud to support the Hiltingbury Recreation Ground junior parkrun. Today, the 17th event, five members of the goPhysio team, Ashan, Fiona, Katie, Kim and Gemma (along with some younger team members!!) were at the event leading the warm-up and cheering the young runners across the finish line. Despite the autumnal feel and
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We often hear that we should aim for 10,000 steps a day, but is that really necessary? And if you cannot manage a high daily step count, could walking a little faster still benefit your health? New research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that both how much you walk and how
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You’ve done the training. The long runs are banked, the hard sessions are behind you, and Marwell 10K is now close enough to see on the calendar. The final stretch isn’t about fitting in more — it’s about not undoing the work you’ve already put in. Here’s what actually matters in the last three weeks.
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World Physiotherapy Day 2026 | goPhysio Chandlers Ford Every year on the 8th September, physiotherapists across the world’s 129 World Physiotherapy member organisations mark World Physiotherapy Day – a day set aside by World Physiotherapy to celebrate the profession and remind people what good physio can do for them. This year’s global theme is cardiovascular
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How to Choose a Physio: What to Look for Beyond Facebook Recommendations “Can anyone recommend a good local physio for my shoulder?” It is a question we regularly see in local Facebook groups. Within a few hours, it can attract a long list of names – some physiotherapists, some people offering different types of treatment
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Why do we get injured? goPhysio, Chandlers Ford We often hear, I haven’t done anything different, so why do I have an injury? Why can one person run, lift or garden without a problem, while another develops pain doing something they have done many times before? The simple answer is that injuries usually occur when
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Low Back Pain in Young Athletes: When Should Parents Be Concerned? Has your child or teenager started mentioning pain in their lower back during or after sport? Perhaps it only appears when they run, kick, bowl, serve or arch backwards. Maybe it settles with rest, only to return at the next training session. It can
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Clinical Pilates for Back Pain: Why Individualised Exercise Matters Pilates has changed enormously over the past 25 years. Once a relatively specialist form of movement used by dancers, performers and a small number of rehabilitation professionals, Pilates is now everywhere. You can find it in gyms, large studios, online subscriptions, leisure centres and boutique reformer
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